Author Topic: Just Won Big Money For League!!! (Read 2770 times)

Necromancer · « **on:** April 25, 2007, 10:36:51 AM »

I just got back from the year banquet and won $147.00!!! I know this might not seem much to you all, but I was just surprised. I was expecting a trophy or something. Anyone else win money for their leagues?

I am going to the Poconos too for the PA State Championships. The prize fund there is $250,000! I hope I win some of that too. Bowling rules!!!

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Necromancer · « **Reply #1 on:** April 25, 2007, 07:04:09 PM »

Reverse block again!!??? NOOOOOOO!!! I had to deal with that in Greensburg Tournament. Well I am rolling up the 2nd arrow with the Fury or EPX. One of them is going to hook out into the pocket. I don't care how slow I gotta bowl.
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Brunswick Fury
Columbia 300 EPX T1
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Hammer Black Widow x 2
Lane #1 Cobalt Bomb Solid
Storm Trauma ER
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Brunswick Quantum Helix
Brunswick Quantum Double Helix
Storm Recharge
Columbia 300 Messenger Ti
Ebonite Vortex Afterburner
Storm Hit Blue Pearl
Ebonite 14 Fun Ball
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Black Widow: Average 244.100; High Game 279
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« **Reply #2 on:** April 25, 2007, 07:51:53 PM »

We finished last night. My team took second place and I brought home almost $800. The top four teams had a roll-off for the championship in which we tied for first, but took second due to the tie breaker process. Now to get ready for the summer league...
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hotshot187 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 25, 2007, 07:58:33 PM »

We took home first place in our league. 16 team league and took home a nice 121 dollars. What a joke. New league next year.

Buzzhead · « **Reply #4 on:** April 25, 2007, 10:16:53 PM »

Necro..... When you going to states?

FURY>. PM me details of the houses if you have bowled in both of them.. obviously you bowl in one.... (the one that I have heard horror stories about.. I was told there was so much oil that the balls were throwing roostertails) and has the ROOF been fixed?

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Necromancer · « **Reply #5 on:** April 25, 2007, 10:26:15 PM »

I am going this weekend. I have bowled in several houses on the west side of PA. This will be my first time on the east side. Hopefully I can break 200.

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Hammer Black Widow x 2
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Brunswick Quantum Helix
Brunswick Quantum Double Helix
Storm Recharge
Columbia 300 Messenger Ti
Ebonite Vortex Afterburner
Storm Hit Blue Pearl
Ebonite 14 Fun Ball
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Black Widow: Average 244.100; High Game 279
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Buzzhead · « **Reply #6 on:** April 25, 2007, 10:40:56 PM »

I head out the 17th of June..... Let me know how they play......
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Ten pin?

?? Where?? I throw a BUZZSAW there is NUTTIN left on the deck...

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Member of the FOS, if there happens to be a 9 pin standing just toss a saw and cut it down~~!

se7en · « **Reply #7 on:** April 25, 2007, 10:56:43 PM »

Took home just over $170 for 2nd overall (including high average, high scratch series), but realized I paid out $476. 300 dollars to have a good time is well worth it for a 34 week hobby I suppose.

I keep hearing about these big money leagues. What do they do different that gets the bigger payouts? More teams, more money to the top? 1st place got $660 for team to our $640 for 2nd place. I figured the gap would get bigger the higher up the places got, but it didn't scale that much.
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DP3 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 25, 2007, 11:06:14 PM »

Wow, we are in first in my lague and it's paying $875 a man for first. Here I am thinking I'm getting screwed. I really feel bad for you guys.
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northface28 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 25, 2007, 11:11:25 PM »

$170 for second place? Id demand to see the "books", seriously, thats last place money.
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shelley · « **Reply #10 on:** April 26, 2007, 12:26:29 AM »

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I keep hearing about these big money leagues. What do they do different that gets the bigger payouts? More teams, more money to the top?

A few ways. First, they may not pay out all places. I've tried to do that here, no one is interested, even though it means more money for the higher-placed teams.

Second, weekly dues are usually a lot higher for big-money leagues. Our weekly dues for a 5-man handicap league are $14/week (previous threads on weekly dues tell me that's pretty typical). About $9 for lineage, another $0.50 or so for BVL and secretary fees, leaves $4.50 a week per person for the prize fund. Big-money leagues will be $20+ per person per week, giving well over twice as much for the prize fund.

Third, they'll often have sponsors. There are a lot of "Bud Light Friday Night Scratch" or "Tuesday Night Miller Mens", "Coca-cola Monday Nights" and such. Companies will kick in a couple of grand to the prize fund. Some require sponsorships for the teams, basically an entry fee for each team into the league. $200 per team at the beginning of the year means several thousand dollars in the prize fund before the first ball is thrown. Teams will usually have uniforms with their sponsors' name on them to give advertising. Sometimes the sponsor will pay a portion of the lineage as well.

Our prize fund (for that $14/week league) was about $12K. With sponsors and entry fees, that could easily be $20K. Bump $14/week to $20/week and we'd be putting more than twice as much into the prize fund even without sponsors. You could have $30K in your prize fund. Pay out half the teams and you're looking at probably $1-1.5K per man for first place instead of $200 per man for first place. 30 weeks at $20/week is only $600 for the year, so you can make money in leagues like that.

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mrbowlingnut · « **Reply #11 on:** April 26, 2007, 01:11:53 AM »

I won 1020.00 a man a few years ago when i bowled in a scratch league, after sweeper's were over i had about 1250.00 or so. Another handicap league i won 650.00 roughly on a sweeper night alone, i shot about 150 over that night.

This year i won jack crap and wasted 40.00 so far one more league to go next wednesday night, i am in about 40.00 in doubles. I will need at least 720 to win though and probably will not do it but who knows sometimes i shoot out my behind a game or two.

stopncrank · « **Reply #12 on:** April 26, 2007, 08:11:06 AM »

i'll post a breakdown of our linage and prize fund later, but my thursday nite men's league is great. we pay $17 a week. there are 32 teams this year and a waiting list for next year! we bowl 36 weeks, the last two weeks the center doesn't charge us linage so the whole 17.00 a man for two weeks goes directly towards the prize fund. we also pay a $50.00 per team sponser fee. 1st place is 1000 a man. fifth place gets 500 a man. i'll get you guys a better breakdown tonight, but this is the best money league in my area by far. it used to be better than that because of 50/50 drawings, but an idiot in out league got that stopped because he said it was gambling.
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chrisleftwich · « **Reply #13 on:** April 26, 2007, 08:20:07 AM »

wow only getting $100 something, I would be pissed, I expect to at least get 400 for every league that I bowl in.
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The Express · « **Reply #14 on:** April 26, 2007, 08:25:58 AM »

Our Friday night league pays $1000 a man to the 6th place team. First gets $5500 a man, Second $3000, and Third $2000. All spots are paid. We do however, pay $27 a week, 5 man team, 36 weeks
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